Body Centered Cubic Fracturing is particularly prevalent in cold climates. As you live in Canada, your truck being exposed to far more extremes in temperature variation may accelerate a predisposed fracture line within the metal. Over heat treatment with too rapid cooling also makes the part...
With over 4,000,000 (4 million) 10R80's produced, and used in other Ford models too (like F150 and Expedition) since 2017, it's actually surprising how few have issues. Manufacturing such a precise and complex piece of machinery to be perfect every time is the problem. A small percent will...